CA2402037A1 - Lighting apparatus - Google Patents

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CA2402037A1
CA2402037A1 CA002402037A CA2402037A CA2402037A1 CA 2402037 A1 CA2402037 A1 CA 2402037A1 CA 002402037 A CA002402037 A CA 002402037A CA 2402037 A CA2402037 A CA 2402037A CA 2402037 A1 CA2402037 A1 CA 2402037A1
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David G. Pelka
William A. Parkyn
Michael J. Popovich
Eric D. Pelka
John M. Popovich
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
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    • F21S4/28—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources with light sources held by or within elongate supports rigid, e.g. LED bars
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F21V21/08—Devices for easy attachment to any desired place, e.g. clip, clamp, magnet
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    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/06—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices, e.g. connectors
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    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
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    • G02B6/0081—Mechanical or electrical aspects of the light guide and light source in the lighting device peculiar to the adaptation to planar light guides, e.g. concerning packaging
    • G02B6/0083—Details of electrical connections of light sources to drivers, circuit boards, or the like
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    • H01L33/00—Semiconductor devices having potential barriers specially adapted for light emission; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L33/48—Semiconductor devices having potential barriers specially adapted for light emission; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by the semiconductor body packages
    • H01L33/58—Optical field-shaping elements
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Abstract

An illumination apparatus (100) provides an output with high spatial uniformity of luminance. The illumination apparatus includes a cavity that has reflective surfaces (150, 160) and an output area. At least one light source is disposed in the cavity, with the light source including a point source (such as an LED (174)) and an optical diverter (110) having a flared (e.g., cuspated) reflecting surface. Light from the point source is distributed by the optical diverter towards the reflective surfaces within the cavity. Before exiting the device, light passes through an optical conditioning element that is positioned over the output area of the cavity. The optical conditioning element includes at least a diffuser (180), such as a translucent film or plastic sheet (190, 194), and preferably also includes one or more prism sheets such as a brightness-enhancing film.

Claims (52)

1. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
a cavity having reflective surfaces and an output area;
at least one light source disposed in said cavity, said light source comprising a point source and an optical diverter having a flared reflecting surface; and an optical conditioning element over said output area, said optical conditioning element comprising at least a diffuser.
2. The apparatus of Claim 1, wherein said flared reflecting surface extends between an apex portion of said surface and a base portion of said surface, said diverter having an axis passing through the apex portion and the point source, said base portion being above the apex portion and extending radially outwardly from said axis such that the reflecting surface flares outwardly from the apex portion to the base portion.
3. The apparatus of Claim 2, wherein the flared surface is curved.
4. The apparatus of Claim 3, wherein the flared surface is cuspated.
5. The apparatus of Claim 2, wherein the flared surface is formed by a refractive index interface configured to totally internally reflect light from the point source laterally outwardly from said axis.
6. The apparatus of Claim 1, wherein the point source comprises an LED.
7. The apparatus of Claim 1 wherein the point source comprises a miniature incandescent filament or arc lamp.
8. The apparatus of Claim 1, wherein the optical conditioning element comprises a prism sheet.
9. The apparatus of Claim 8, additionally comprising a second prism sheet, each prism sheet having repeated structures oriented generally orthogonal to repeated structures of the other prism sheet.
10. The apparatus of Claim 8, wherein the prism sheet and diffuser are in substantially parallel relationship, with the diffuser closer to the light sources than the prism sheet.
11. The apparatus of Claim 1, wherein said cavity is within an elongate housing having a width which is not substantially greater than the width of the output area.
12. The apparatus of Claim 11, wherein the optical conditioning element comprises at least one prism sheet having repeated structures oriented at about 45° relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate housing.
13. The apparatus of Claim 11, wherein the apparatus comprises at least two of said elongated housings coupled end to end.
14. The apparatus of Claim 1, wherein the point source and the optical conditioning element are separated by 3 - 1/2 inches or less.
15. The apparatus of Claim 1, wherein the point source and the optical conditioning element are separated by 2 - 1/2 inches or less.
16. The apparatus of Claim 1, wherein the point source and the optical conditioning element are separated by 1 - 1/2 inches or less.
17. The apparatus of Claim 1, wherein the cavity reflecting surfaces are diffusively reflective.
18. The apparatus of Claim 17, wherein the diffusively reflective surfaces have a reflectivity of at least 90%.
19. The apparatus of Claim 1, wherein the flared reflecting surface is partially reflective and partially transmissive.
20. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
a housing comprising a cavity having reflective surfaces and an output aperture;
an optical conditioning element across the output aperture, said conditioning element comprising at least one sheet having a plurality of pixels;
at least one light source disposed within said cavity directly beneath said conditioning element, said at least one light source comprising a point source spaced less than 3 - 1/2 inches from said sheet and illuminating said reflective surfaces such that the ratio of the luminance of adjacent pixels is between 0.95 and 1.05 and the ratio of the luminance of non-adjacent pixels is between 0.5 and 2.0, whereby the appearance of illumination at said sheet is substantially uniform.
21. The apparatus of Claim 20, wherein said reflective surfaces of said cavity are diffusively reflective with a reflectivity of at least 90%.
22. The apparatus of Claim 20, wherein said ratio of adjacent pixels is 0.98 to 1.02.
23. The apparatus of Claim 20, wherein said ratio of adjacent pixels is 0.99 to 1.01.
24. The apparatus of Claim 20, wherein said ratio of non-adjacent pixels is 0.57 to 1.75.
25. The apparatus of Claim 20, wherein said ratio of non-adjacent pixels is 0.67 to 1.5.
26. The apparatus of Claim 20, wherein said ratio of non-adjacent pixels is 0.77 to 1.3.
27. The apparatus of Claim 20, wherein said sheet comprises a prism sheet.
28. The apparatus of Claim 27, wherein the optical conditioning element comprises a diffuser sheet disposed below the prism sheet.
29. The apparatus of Claim 28, wherein the optical conditioning element comprises a second prism sheet.
30. The apparatus of Claim 20, wherein said at least one light source comprises a point source and a total internal reflection lens having a cuspated surface for reflecting light from the point source against said diffusive reflective surfaces.
31. The apparatus of Claim 20, wherein the apparatus has plural light sources spaced by 2 - 1/2 inches or less from the sheet.
32. The apparatus of Claim 20, wherein the apparatus has plural light sources spaced from each other by at least one-half inch.
33. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
a cavity formed by reflective material, said cavity having an output area;
an optical conditioning element at said output area;
a light source in said cavity, said light source comprising a point source and an optical diverter having a reflecting surface that is partially reflective and partially transmissive, said reflective surface allowing a portion of light incident thereon to pass through the reflecting surface, while reflecting another portion of the incident light onto the reflective material, said reflective material reflecting light within said cavity, whereby said output area and optical conditioning element are illuminated.
34. The apparatus of Claim 33, wherein said reflective material is diffusively reflective with a reflectivity of at least 90%.
35. The apparatus of Claim 33, wherein said reflecting surface of said optical diverter is comprised of a refractive index interface that totally internally reflects said substantial portion of the incident light while permitting another portion of light to pass through the interface.
36. The apparatus of Claim 35, wherein said reflecting surface of said optical diverter is comprised of scattering centers that scatter light incident thereon.
37. The apparatus of Claim 36, wherein the scattering centers are distributed over said reflecting surface.
38. The apparatus of Claim 37, wherein the distribution is non-uniform.
39. The apparatus of Claim 38, wherein the scattering centers are in the form of a pattern.
40. The apparatus of Claim 39, wherein the pattern comprises concentric rings having a center at a vertex of the reflective surface.
41. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
an optical diverter comprised of transparent material having a reflecting surface formed by a refractive index interface configured to totally internally reflect light from a point source positioned to emit a first portion of light rays towards the reflecting surface and a second portion of light rays towards a side surface of the diverter, said diverter comprising a refracting interface that refracts the second portion of light rays towards the reflecting surface, such that both the first and second portions of light rays are reflected from said reflecting surface.
42. The illumination device of Claim 41, wherein said point source emits a third portion of light rays towards said side surface, said diverter further comprising a scattering surface that scatters said third portion of rays.
43. The illumination device of Claim 41, wherein the point source is disposed at the bottom of the diverter, and the reflecting surface is oriented to reflect the first and second portions of light rays towards the bottom of the diverter.
44. An illumination apparatus, comprising:

an optical diverter comprised of transparent material having a flared reflecting surface formed by a refractive index interface, said interface configured to totally internally reflect light from a point source that is positioned adjacent to an apex of the flared reflecting surface and which emits light rays for reflection by the reflecting surface.
45. The apparatus of Claim 44, wherein at least a portion of the reflecting surface is partially transmissive such that some of the light is transmitted through the surface.
46. The apparatus of Claim 45, wherein said portion comprises the apex.
47. The apparatus of Claim 44, wherein the reflective surface substantially completely reflects light incident thereon, such that substantially no light is transmitted therethrough.
48. The apparatus of Claim 44, wherein the reflecting surface extends 360° about the apex.
49. The apparatus of Claim 44, comprising a drum lens that is integral and optically contingous with the diverter.
50. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
a cavity having reflective surfaces and an output area;
at least one light source disposed in said cavity, said light source comprising a point source and an optical diverter having a surface that is partially reflective and partially transmissive;
an optical conditioning element over said output area, said optical conditioning element comprising a diffuser, said diverter positioned between the point source and optical conditioning element such that (a) a portion of light emitted by the point source is reflected from the diverter towards the reflective surfaces of the cavity, and (b) another portion of light emitted by the point source is transmitted through the surface of the diverter towards the optical conditioning element, said diverter sized to allow at least a substantial portion of the reflected light to reach the optical conditioning element without passing through the diverter, said diverter and said reflective surfaces of said cavity arranged to allow at least a substantial portion of the transmitted light to reach the optical conditioning element without undergoing reflection.
51. The illumination apparatus of Claim 50, wherein the diverter comprises a lateral diverter.
52. The illumination apparatus of Claim 51, wherein the lateral diverter has a flared surface.
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